Post by account_disabled on Mar 4, 2024 21:59:28 GMT -6
Have you heard of toothpaste with a recyclable tube? Unilever oral care brands such as Signal, Pepsodent and Closeup will convert to recyclable plastic tubes by 2025.
According to edie , the initiative will begin in France and India, two of Unilever's largest markets, where the company has engaged with waste management authorities to ensure the collection and recycling of the new products.
Traditionally, most toothpaste tubes use plastic and aluminum for flexibility, but this makes the product difficult to recycle.
Toothpaste with recyclable tube
Some retailers such as Boots and Asda are currently trialling in-store collection systems for packaging and hard-to-recycle products such as toothpaste. However, in most cases, the product is collected as part of traditional household waste.
Unilever is manufacturing high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipes, which is one of the most recyclable plastics in the world. It is also lightening the plastic, making it the thinnest used in toothpaste production, to reduce the volumes needed for production.
The new tubes have been approved by RecyClass, which sets the recyclability standard for Europe, as well as laboratories in Asia and North America.
Unilever has also collaborated with packaging Chile Mobile Number List manufacturers, such as EPL, Amcor, Huhtamaki and Dai Nippon Indonesia (DNPI), and global recycling organizations to ensure that the value chain is aligned in the creation, collection and recycling process of the product. In France, for example, consumers can place tubes in household recycling bins for easy disposal and collection.
Unilever executive vice president for global skin care and oral care, Samir Singh, said:
Plastic pollution is, without a doubt, one of the biggest environmental challenges of our time. We can see its impact on our planet every day, including the billions of toothpaste tubes that are dumped into landfills each year.
That's why I'm proud of this latest packaging innovation, which will see our entire range of toothpastes switch to recyclable tubes by 2025. It's been a long and difficult journey to get to this point, but we hope this transformation inspires the industry in general to also make the change.
Samir Singh, executive vice president of Unilever for skin cleansing and oral care.
Brands like Signal will also introduce more post-consumer recycled plastic into their recyclable tubes by 2022 in France and other European markets.
The consumer goods giant is striving to halve its use of virgin plastic by 2025, reducing plastic packaging by more than 100,000 tonnes, increasing the amount of recycled plastics it uses and collecting and processing more plastic packaging from those he sells.
Just over a year after setting the target, Unilever has increased its use of PCR to around 75,000 tonnes, representing 10% of the company's total plastic footprint. Unilever aims to use at least 25% PCR by 2025 and hopes to double the amount it uses in the next 12 months.
GSK: toothpaste with recyclable tube
In related news, GSK Consumer Healthcare has committed to making more than 1 billion toothpaste tubes recyclable by 2025.
The company has partnered with packaging suppliers Albea and EPL Global to launch fully recyclable tubes in brands such as Sensodyne, parodontax and Aquafresh. The new tubes will be launched throughout Europe and the United States and will meet the standards of the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR), based in the United States, and RecyClass, based in Europe.
Toothpaste with recyclable tube, the new thing from Unilever
GSK Consumer Healthcare Vice President of Sustainability, Sarah McDonald, said: “We fight every day to help eradicate preventable oral health problems and to offer people better, more sustainable oral care solutions that do not compromise quality".
“We have committed to making 100% of our product packaging recyclable or reusable, where quality and safety allow, by 2025. This is just one part of our ongoing sustainability journey, which we are on working to address environmental and social barriers to everyday health.”
According to edie , the initiative will begin in France and India, two of Unilever's largest markets, where the company has engaged with waste management authorities to ensure the collection and recycling of the new products.
Traditionally, most toothpaste tubes use plastic and aluminum for flexibility, but this makes the product difficult to recycle.
Toothpaste with recyclable tube
Some retailers such as Boots and Asda are currently trialling in-store collection systems for packaging and hard-to-recycle products such as toothpaste. However, in most cases, the product is collected as part of traditional household waste.
Unilever is manufacturing high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipes, which is one of the most recyclable plastics in the world. It is also lightening the plastic, making it the thinnest used in toothpaste production, to reduce the volumes needed for production.
The new tubes have been approved by RecyClass, which sets the recyclability standard for Europe, as well as laboratories in Asia and North America.
Unilever has also collaborated with packaging Chile Mobile Number List manufacturers, such as EPL, Amcor, Huhtamaki and Dai Nippon Indonesia (DNPI), and global recycling organizations to ensure that the value chain is aligned in the creation, collection and recycling process of the product. In France, for example, consumers can place tubes in household recycling bins for easy disposal and collection.
Unilever executive vice president for global skin care and oral care, Samir Singh, said:
Plastic pollution is, without a doubt, one of the biggest environmental challenges of our time. We can see its impact on our planet every day, including the billions of toothpaste tubes that are dumped into landfills each year.
That's why I'm proud of this latest packaging innovation, which will see our entire range of toothpastes switch to recyclable tubes by 2025. It's been a long and difficult journey to get to this point, but we hope this transformation inspires the industry in general to also make the change.
Samir Singh, executive vice president of Unilever for skin cleansing and oral care.
Brands like Signal will also introduce more post-consumer recycled plastic into their recyclable tubes by 2022 in France and other European markets.
The consumer goods giant is striving to halve its use of virgin plastic by 2025, reducing plastic packaging by more than 100,000 tonnes, increasing the amount of recycled plastics it uses and collecting and processing more plastic packaging from those he sells.
Just over a year after setting the target, Unilever has increased its use of PCR to around 75,000 tonnes, representing 10% of the company's total plastic footprint. Unilever aims to use at least 25% PCR by 2025 and hopes to double the amount it uses in the next 12 months.
GSK: toothpaste with recyclable tube
In related news, GSK Consumer Healthcare has committed to making more than 1 billion toothpaste tubes recyclable by 2025.
The company has partnered with packaging suppliers Albea and EPL Global to launch fully recyclable tubes in brands such as Sensodyne, parodontax and Aquafresh. The new tubes will be launched throughout Europe and the United States and will meet the standards of the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR), based in the United States, and RecyClass, based in Europe.
Toothpaste with recyclable tube, the new thing from Unilever
GSK Consumer Healthcare Vice President of Sustainability, Sarah McDonald, said: “We fight every day to help eradicate preventable oral health problems and to offer people better, more sustainable oral care solutions that do not compromise quality".
“We have committed to making 100% of our product packaging recyclable or reusable, where quality and safety allow, by 2025. This is just one part of our ongoing sustainability journey, which we are on working to address environmental and social barriers to everyday health.”
